28 Thursday Apr 2016
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The forecast for Spring Fling is out and it is a good one — 79 degrees and sunny! Many of you have asked how you can volunteer to help with this wonderful event on Saturday, May 7. Here is your chance! Use this link http://vols.pt/x8Q46B and you will see opportunities to sign up for set up, takedown, games and other activities. Hurry, sign up today, before your favorite jobs are taken!
21 Thursday Apr 2016
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This year’s 4th Annual Spring Fling is scheduled for Saturday, May 7th, beginning at noon. See flyer below for more details and check out this story on Petworth News.
20 Wednesday Apr 2016
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Spring is here! FOSH has had a busy March/April. Happy Hour featured a large group of Old Soldiers – men and women – and a great group of volunteers, many joining us for the first time. You can see from the smiles on people’s faces in the photos that everyone was enjoying their time together. We followed that with Saloon Night, which was a great success. Emcee Zach Hartman hosted a rousing game of Presidential Trivia. It was a tight race, but in the end, Team Aces High edged out its closest competitors for the win. New resident Jim had a great time playing on Team Politically (in)Correct and hopes to come to many FOSH events in the future. Then came Jingo, which was special this month because the family of resident Mr. Ferguson joined us. Volunteer Jackie repeated every question and answer for her resident partner so that he was able to play the game. Happy Hour, Saloon Night, Jingo — join us each month for these wonderful events by writing volunteerfriendsofsoldiers (at) gmail (dot) .
Stories and photos by Elizabeth Cocke, Kerry Hamblin and Lori Lincoln.
04 Monday Apr 2016
Posted in Sports & Recreation
At Friends of the Soldiers Home, our March Madness consisted of great fun bowling and Jingo playing! On bowling night, only volunteer Lou and Armed Forces Retirement Home-DC resident Mr. Ferguson managed to score over 100 points. But while high scores aren’t automatic, the fun and companionship at this monthly event always tops the charts! At Jingo, the March theme was religion, and never before have the volunteers and residents seemed more hesitant to call out the wrong trivia answers! We might have lost the fun if it weren’t for new volunteer Kim. She chimed in, right or wrong, reminding us all that despite the serious theme, Jingo is just still our favorite game.
Photos and story courtesy of Lori Lincoln.
March Madness fun with bowling (above) and Jingo (below).
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